by .famvin | Aug 10, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Besides the weather, as a topic systemic change is equally hot right now.
by John Freund, CM | Aug 3, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Have you ever thought of friendship as a key to systemic change in our approach to poverty? If you lost everything, how long would it take you to get something to eat, find a place to stay, and a get some work? Tough situation? Yes! But nothing compared to the...
by James Claffey | Jul 31, 2016 | Formation, Systemic change
I wonder how many homilies over the years have urged us to be like the Good Samaritan! Young people making a pilgrimage to Krakow this month are a “summons” to the entire Church to ditch the “bad systems” which encourage a merciless heart, Archbishop Mark Coleridge...
by Jim Claffey | Jul 20, 2016 | Formation, Systemic change
“Whatever else our God does, the first outburst is always compassion” Those striking words were penned by a theologian in the 14th century. Compassion: perhaps no other word goes more directly to the heart of the Gospel message, because it goes to the heart of God’s...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 13, 2016 | Formation, Systemic change
His insights on what we would call today “systemic change” reveal a profoundly deep thinker and critic of a piecemeal approach to serving the poor.